Greg Hennessy

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Gregory Hennessy is an independent management consultant with more than 15 years of experience in strategy and organizational development. He combines traditional analysis and facilitation with systems- and organizational learning-based techniques. Greg has been an Engagement Manager and Manager of Professional Development at McKinsey & Co., as well as a Consultant with Monitor Group. He spent a year on the faculty of the Shell Learning Center and was a consultant to Shell’s Learning & Transformation Services group.

Greg earned a Master’s degree in Social Science from Caltech, where he studied microeconomics and political science. He has also earned a Masters in Management (MBA Equivalent) from MIT’s Sloan School of Management, where he concentrated in System Dynamics and Organizational Learning. Currently, Greg is a doctoral student in Environmental Science at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

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Modeling “Soft” Variables

When encountering system dynamics modeling for the first time, sharp-minded managers often ask, “How can you have any confidence in your model if you …

Clarifying Variables: Actual, Perceived, and Desired

One of the primary benefits of modeling with systems tools—whether causal loops or computer simulations—is the intense discussion it can generate around important variables …

Charting a Corporate Learning Strategy

Managers in many companies slay are struggling with one basic question: How do you actually create a learning organization? While the five disciplines described …

From Spreadsheets to System Dynamics Models

Decision-makers often turn to computer models when they face a problem too “big” to grasp all at once. Having the computer keep track of …

When Change Happens Suddenly, Dramatically, and Mercilessly

TEAM TIP Reinforcing loops can create momentum in either an advantageous or a detrimental direction. Look for harmful loops at work in your setting …

Rising from the Ashes of Digital

Ask three people who worked for Digital Equipment Corporation (Digital or DEC) what went wrong during the rise and fall of one of America’s …

Scenarios of the Future: The Urgent Case for Sustainability

I was in grade school when the original Limits to Growth (Universe Books, 1972) was published. The environmental consciousness that blossomed in the early …

Black-Belt Mastery of Mental Models

I recently got around to reading an influential book on …well, influence. Originally published in 1984, Robert Cialdini’s Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion (reprinted …

Greg Hennessy

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